Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-20
MEETING OF THE REGENTS.
The Now Buildings Provided by the Leg
islature Finally Located.
District Court Notes - Cadets En-.
campment-incorpo News
New Additions Plated
Other News.

the principal event calling them together
being the location OF the new buildings
provided for during the last session of the
state Legislature, The locations decided
upon were for the industrial school build
ing at the northeast corner of the univer-
sity campus and for the armory building
on the east side of the campus, midway
between the industrial and the chemical
labratory buildings. This completes the
east side of the campus grounds, and
buildings that may be decided upon ia
the future will be located on the west side
OF the grounds. The regents also voted
to discontinue the present organization
Of the medical college IN connection with
the university. This college has been in
O weak way running for about two years
but without appropriations, the doctors
comprising the faculty doing the work
practically for glory. In conversation
with one of the regents he stated that the
action was taken largely be-
cause college of that character
confidence without large appropriations
TO place it on its feet. No such appro-
priations have been made and the col
2ege is now undoubtedly thing of the
past. A reform of equal worth could be
inaugurated by the signers If they would
do away with their expensive and useless
experimental station in veterinary and
kindred subjects under DR.. Billings. An
abatement of this would be relief and a
measure of undoubted wisdom.
IN DISTRICT COURT.
Dan interesting case was on trial yes
terday before Judge Chapman in the dis.
trlct court. The case was that OF War
ner Townsend against the B. q M. rail
road for damages for being evicted from
a train on the A. g. N. branch two miles
from Sterling on cold day in the mid
case, as developed, was that, desiring to
come to Lincoln he purchased ticket at
Tecumseh and checked his trunk through
ut tho same timc.- When the train
came along, Townsend boarded the train,
and between Tecumseh and Sterling the
conductor came along and in response to
.'tickets" the traveller gave up his paste.
passengers boarded the train and in
going through the train again the con.
ductor faced the colOred man for tickets.
The passenger protested that his ticket
for Lincoln had already been collected
and offered his check for his trunk as
evidence that he had paid. The. con-
ductor, however, was obdurate, and two
miles from the depot the passenger was
dropped in n snowdrlft. The prosecu.
tion was in the above tenor and the dc.
fense was on the ground that the mans
ticket was only for Sterling and that the
conductor was right and the passenger
wrong. At noon the case had Just reached
the jury. AS this case occurred in the
midst Of the legislative session 1t is proba.
BILE that the conductor was so surprised
to see ticket that he did not know how
IN and nlrSnod the nIan
related of a main line conductor,
who about the same time found man on
his train with ticket and Immediately
elected him and sent him back over the
road to get pass to travel with.
One OF the recent cases filed, in the
district court is rather unusual sequel
TO q divorce proceeding. In October last
n'OSi Sis wifs. su'it May I Smith, and in settle.
ment of family difficulties in this way
the head of the family paid to r. b. Gra-
ham as trustee 81, 900 for the use OF the
minor children. A few days ago, how
ever, in the present matchmaking
month of May. the two ended renewed
courtship by approaching the hymelnial
altar and again becoming one flesh or
muscle, as the case may be. The case
filed in court now asks that Mr.. Graham
turn back to the reunited family the
81 900 held in trust that affairs may be as
II the past six months were blank.
The case Of Woodward against
the Pacific Mutual Telegraph
company was on trial before Judge
Pond yesterday, the case was one, in
volving the rights OF an individual IN
competing with a common carrier. The
hearing was ON argument on motion.
The case Of Archie Brooks against the
Lincoln street railway was in the hands
of the jury all the night. They came into
court at II o'clock yesterday with YER
dict for the defense. The claim was for
damages and injuries sustained by reason
of his falling on the street car track
from pony directly in front Of the cal
that caught him and dragged him some
seventy.dve feet before the car was
stopped. The claim Of negligence
against the COMPANY was based on the
alleged fact that the driver was inside
the car and not in q position to stop it 81
speedily as he should.
The trial Of Mrs. Shellenbarger has no
yet been given a date, and neither hal
the case against the colored convict
jackson for murder. Both. however i
is stated, will be heard at the presen
term.
ABOUT THE CITY.
In the county clerks office Wednesda,
six plats of additions were filed with tn
accompanying acreage to each, as fol
OSvt
Heights 100, Dayton addition 30, Vail
addition 10, Sherwin's addition 10, Sec
ond Hillsdale addition 40. This makes
total acreage added to the city in add
tons IN one day Of 500 acres, and still
the boom rolls on.
The articles of incorporation OF tn
Wesleyan university, with the names Q
j. j. Imhotf, q. F. Creighton and q. A
Atkinson as incorporators, were file
with the county clerk yesterday.
Complaint is made that in laying sew
ers no extra depth is excavated for tn
JOINTS in the sewer pipes, and the const
quence ia that the greater part of til
mans when laid do not rest on soil
ground. Predictions are made that whe
the trenches are filled these defects 1
laying will result in breaking the joint
and bring consequent wreckage.
The cadets of the university will ente
the last Of this week upon three day
encampment, that will be held on Ii
classic banks of the Weeping Water, ne,
the village of that name. The boys al
predicting great time.
Articles incorporating the Nebrash
State Poultry association have been file
with the secretary of state. The obje,
is such as organizations of that charact,
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